A Broken Prophet Without A Message

Chapter Nine - The Legacy

Andy opened his mouth and was about to scream when he felt and hand clamped against it and his head smashed into a tree.
"Now now Andy, we can't have you trying to-" Valerick began, before stumbling back in pain when Andy's boot connected with his stomach. Andy released his wings and was about to fly off but he was faceplanted into the floor, his wings forced out painfully.
"We're going to have to clip this tiny wings of yours, aren't we Andrew?" Valerick said gleefully before grabbing a pen knife and setting to work. Andy used the last of his failing strength to send out a white flare.
Meanwhile, CC had just reached Jinxx who was desperately trying to make himself invisible. He sent a few bolts of lighting down and was about to make a light-hearted hole when they saw the flare. The message was clear - come quick and come in strength. Neither of them acknowledged their new wings in any way other than using them. Even CC was silent. They both knew that Ashley and Jake couldn't make it there. They were Andy's only hope.
Andy wished that he was unconscious, he at least wouldn't feel the pain that way. For his plan to work, Valerick needed to think that he was close to death. Andy was acting pretty well, but it wouldn't be acting for much longer. In a final burst of strength, he threw Valerick off and stood defiantly, gripping the spear tightly.
"We are the bastard sons of your religion AHMEEEEEEEEEEN!" Andy screamed, causing deep casyms to open up and Valerick to hiss in pain. Unknown to them, Jinxx and CC were a few metres above them, watching and waiting in case they were needed. Andy poised his arm, but as he was about to strike, Valerick tackled him sending them both tumbling into the gorge below. Jinxx was about to shoot down after them but was grabbed back by CC.
"What the hell?!" He growled
"We need to leave them to it. I don't want to either." CC added after seeing the death glare Jinxx was giving him. CC could feel that Jinxx had stopped struggling but you didn't need to be a mind reader to know that he would go down at the first opportunity.

Down below, Andy and Valerick were in combat just to get the spear, and Andy was certainly not going to win the battle. A very, very bad plan formed in Andy's mind but, knowing that it was the only way that he could survive, he decided to go with it. He feigned a stumble, allowing Valerick to flip him upside pin him there by the ankle. Andy panicked, this was not how it was supposed to go. With a mad cackle, Valerick stabbed the blade right through Andy's ankle and into the stone wall behind. Andy just bit his lip ring nervously, knowing that if he screamed an avalanche would fall that even he couldn't hold back. Valerick was floating in some way but Andy couldn't hear over the familiar and yet terrifying sound that filled his head. Somehow an idea broke through the static and before Andy knew what he was doing he had stabbed Valerick with the blunt end of the spear. A gasp of shock escaped his mouth before he fell limp. The static had gone.
Andy shoved the corpse away and clicked his fingers. All that Jinxx and CC found when they went down was a dead body and a bloody spear suck into a wall. They knew that Andy was alive, but also knew that he would remain hidden if he wanted to. They had to return to the camp without him. Dozens of names were added to the pillar that night, but hundreds of prisoners had been freed. While everyone else was rejoicing Jinxx was sat on the cliffside. He knew that Andy was feeling just as lost as he was. He just wanted to know why he wasn't able to join him. In the end, he just got up and flew from the camp.
There was nothing for him there.